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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

Resolutions passed by the Ladies' Social Improve
ment Society East Montpelier, Vt, upon the death
of Mrs. Corrie A. Clark, who died July 26th, 1851
aged fortyfOur years:
Whereas, In tile death of our beloved sister, Mrs
Corrie A. Clark this society has lost one of its ear
est and most efficient members and the community
a valued friend; therefore,
ReSOired, That we who have felt the glad influence
of her cheerful life who have reioiced in the wei
coming smile of her eye and the sympahizing clasp
of her hand, express our keen sense of the loss
have sustained and keep warm and tender in our
hearts her precious memory.
ReSOired, That we accept this bereavement with
something of that beautiful spirit of resignation and
faith with which she met her great trial aud from
gather strength and patience for whatever of trial
may be ours,
For us there Is still the battle of life
To be fought and work to he done,
For her we know the struggle Is past
And Faiths sweet victory won.
Resolred, That while we sadly miss her words of
cheer aud mourn her loss we remember in sympa
thy the nearer and dearer friends so deeply be-
reayed, the home which sparkled with the sunshine
of her presence and the hearts made glad by her
loving iabors aud generous self-sacrihce May they
be comforted with the sweet assurance
" That Life is ever lord of Death,
And Love can never lose Its own
and be able to say, with us,
1--WE leave thee with trust serene
Which Time nor Change nor Death can move,
While with thy child-like faith we lean
ON him whose dearest name Is Love"
ResOIred, That these resolutions he preserved
among the records of the society, that they be pub
hshed In the VERMONT WArCHMAN, and that copies
of them be sent to the friends OF the deceased
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Butchers Fly.Killer

Will kill more flies in a day than fly.
trap can catch in a week. You need not
drown them, as they do in dog pounds, nor
60 hunting around with powder-gun and
then have to burn them. They are dead
They don't live long enough to get away
Every sheet will kill quart of flies and
brings peace and happiness to the family.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Advice to Mothers.

Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for
children teething is the prescription of one
of the best female nurses and physicians in
the United States and has been used for
forty years with never-failing success by
millions of mothers for their children.
During the process of teething its value is
incalculable. 1t relieves the child from
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Dutcher's Ready Cleanser

Removes grease and dirt, cleans coats,
vests, hats, pants, dresses, carpets, chill
dren's clothing and dirty hands quick.
Washes laces and fine fabrics. A valuable
household requisite. The use of a single
bottle will make you its friend for life.
TwentV-fVe cents,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
ScOtts Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver
Oil, with HypOphOsphites,

For lang Troubles and Wasting Diseases
DIR. j. SIMoNAUD, New Orleans, La, says
Scott's Emulsion is the finest preparation
of the kind In affections of the lungs and
other wasting diseases we may consider ii
our most reliable agent. In perfectly ele-
CANT and agreeable form"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
wATERTowN AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

CATTLE.-The receipts were 2,797 head,
The movement was steady. Northern
dressed We're firm at 4 to SIC per Id. Fancy,
II 10 74c per pound
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
13,0S9 head. The market was less active at
II to &c for sheep and 81 to 6lc for lambs.
SwNE.-The receipts were 23,673 head.
Quotations were well sustained, Northern
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Weekly Market Review.
VERMONT PRODUCE.

RICHMoND.-There was good attendance
and receipts were large. Butter sold at %
to 24c per Id, cheese at 10 to l04c per lb and
eggs at Ice per dozen.
MoNTPELIER.-Th butter market is firm
for best grades. We quote selections at Is to
zoe, good diaries at 16 to 1885, fair to good at II
to 15c per lb; cheese, new, lie per Id; eggs,
l5c per dozen; potatoes, new, 30 to 65c per
bushel beef, 3 to &c per lb pork, &c
per III; lamb, &c per ID; unwashed wool,
IL to bic per lb; washed wool, % to pc per
Id, with market dull.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

BEWARE OF SwINDLERs.-We have eX-
posed during the last year many swindlers
who advertise, under the name of medicine,
vile compounds which only increase human
suffering. To all who need pure medicine
and blood purifier we can honestly recon-
mend Sulphur Bitters.- Editor Sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Positive Cure for Piles.

DR.. Anarchists Italian Pile Ointment-em-
phatically guaranteed to cure or money re-
funded-Internal, External, Blind, Bleed
ing or Itching Piles. Price fifty cents a
box. No cure, no pay. For sale at Frank
III. Bascoms drugstore Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

You will never regret sending three two
cent stamps to pay postage to A. p. Ordway
& Co., Boston, Mass, for copy of Dr..
Kaufmanns great medical work. One
hundred pages, colored illustrations; of
great value to every family
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Dutcher'S Dead-Shnt

For bed-bugs. Unlike any other. Sure
death. Mrs. b. says: 8" used it thoroughly
when cleaned house and have not seen a
bug since" Don't neglect them. They are
a prolific race. Better clear them out be-
fore they drive you out, and then sleep in
peace.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

pain, cures dysentery and diarrhna, gripping
In the bowels and wind-colic. BY giving
health to the child 1t rests the mother Price
twenty-five cents bottle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
Business Autiees.
Butchers Extract of Roots for
Homemade Beer.

Bright, lively, sparkling. A delightful
beverage, made in thirty minutes All other
materials in the house. Invigoratng, APP
petzing, strengthening. A twenty-five-cent
bottle makes five to ten gallons of most de-
licious root beer. Try it and you will keep
it on hand all summer
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

The best testimony in favor of PYLE'S
PEARLINE Washing Compound is the mill
ions of packages sold every year. and sales
steadily increasing, in spite of the numerous
poor limitations.
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&irtbs.

In Oneida, y. V, a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Ed
ward =. Bailey.
In Gaysville Aug 90, daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Bennett.
In Waterbury Center, Aug. ~, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. A. A. Kendall.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

TAKE ID. X. and be o. X. See adver-
tisement.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31
The Atmosphere of Love

The Atmosphere of Love
Is pure, sweet breath This desderatum
is one of the results of using SOZODONT,
which not only invigorates and preserves
the teeth, but renders the mouth as fragrant
as a rose.
"SPALDING's GLUE" handy about the
house, mends everything.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-31

My love, what magic spell Is thrown
Upon your face? Its charm | own.
Whence came thy pure and pearly teeth?
Thy rosy lips? Thy perfumed breathe"
She said, in accents sweet and clear,
IT'S only SOZODONT, my dear"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
Farming by HORSEPOWER.

GA man does not need much beside
pillow, Thomas harrow and hoe TO
raise good crops is a statement | am
beginning to think is true. The past
spring l dragged my land as fast as
plowed and gave it no chance to dry
out. Going over the burrows a few
times with a plank smoother and a
Thomas harrow fits the soil as it can be
fitted in no other way; it is then ready
to plant. l find a sulky-plow is a most
excellent marker, and by little skill
in driving and setting the pillow few
inches higher it covers the potatoes
neatly. The harrow then both cult
Yates and hoes them, as the ridges are
broken and dragged down by them, and
the after-work is small. We thus get
liberal culture, which prevents too great
dryingof the soil, and absolute destruc-
ton of weeds. In corn the same care
full preparation of the soil in after-cul-
tivation pays. The light harrow, both
before and after corn comes up, is the
best cultivator, and later a two-horse
cultivator, taking two rows at time,
makes fast work. This year ! have
placed two narrow boards at the rear of
my double cultivator shovels, the OBJ
ject being to smooth down the ridges
made by the shovels and save the soil
from drying to much.-Cor. Homestead.
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Hungarian Grass.

If you think it is late to put in fod-
der-corn on that piece where the grass
is so light, you can put in millet or
Hungarian, and probably with good re-
suits. Cut off the grass and turn over
the sod. If there be left little ma
nure it may be scraped up and applied,
or you can SOW on a little phosphate.
Then put in your crop with a good
wheel-harrow and trust in providence,
andyou will come out all right Here is
what the Maine Farmer says of Hun
garian grass: Hungarian grass makes
one of the best fodder crops grown
among us. Well cured, it will match
the best timothy any time. Now is the
time to sow it. 1t is hot-weather
plant and delights in midsummer
weather. 1t does its best in warm
soil well MANFRED and worked fine.
One need not expect to get strong,
even growth on cold, wet field. Many
farmers have made the mistake of SOW
ing tracts of land which were too wet
to grow any other crop to Hungarian.
Sometimes they get patches of good
growth, and possibly the crop was
better than nothing, but it need not be
expected that such land will produce
the three tons of cured hay to the acre
that we have seen harvested from land
that was suited to the crop" The
Home Farm has this to say on the same
subject: " Hungarian grass and millet
are two grass crops that are grown in
summer, the seed being sometimes
sown as late as July, but June is bet
ter should rain occur The Hunga-
rian grass affords several cuttings
during the same season, and is excel
lent for horses when cured Millet
grows very tall and makes heavy crop,
but is moved only once. Both crops
need rich soil, but can be grown on
sandy soil if it be properly manured."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
Mr.. Emery's Chickens.

Mr.. James H. Carpenter of Marsh
field sends us the following: " In the
WATCHNAN of June Sth Mr.. w. II.
Emery of Chelsea asks what will cure
the chickens. l have raised lots of
poultry, and my chickens are more or
less troubled with gapes. Here is my
wife's remedy, which has worked well:
Take tight box that will hold ten or
fifteen chickens. Put them into this,
spreading piece of screen-cloth over
the box. Put handful of air-slaked
lime on the screen-cloth and place a
thick cloth over the whole. Then place
the hand between the cloths and rub the
lime through the screen. This will
fill the box with lime-dust, which
the chickens inhale, thereby killing the
worms. Lift up the corners of the
cloths and stir up the lime-dust. The
chickens should be left in the box about
one minute. Then take them out,
blow the dust from their eyes and let
them go. LII may be necessary 10 re-
peat this process two or three times.
The chicks should be treated in the
manner described above as soon as they
show the first symptoms of the disease,
and great care should be taken not to
smother them"
A "Local Subscriber" thinks he has
a cure for the disease. He says: " Give
them spirits of turpentine, teaspoon
full to each pint of dough-" Will they
eat turpentined dough? We should
expect them to reply: "We dough
not" But then, you can't count on
chickens, even after they are Matched.
We have no trouble with our chickens.
Will some one who does try the turpen-
tine remedy and report?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
Pasture for Hogs.

He is a wise farmer who provides
plenty of pasture for his hogs in sum-
mer The hog is entitled to grass in
summer as much as the COW, and will
profit by it equally as well. In his
wild or natural state he lives during
the entire year upon such food as he
can pick up-grass in summer and
mast, roots and grubs in winter. But
in his domesticated state his choice of
food is more limited on account of the
less range allowed him, and he there
fore needs something more. Many
farmers pay very little attention to
what food their hogs get until fattening
time-thinking that until then all that
is necessary is to give them food
enough to keep them alive-when they
are impatient to stuff them with all
the corn they will eat. The tendency
of corn diet is to produce fat and to
heat the system, and therefore very
suitable food in winter, or for the final
preparation of the animals for market;
but young, growing hogs need more
bulky, as well as a more cooling and
loosening, diet in summer-not only the
better to preserve their health, but to
distend their stomachs and build up
bone and muscle to enable them to di-
gest more food and carry more weight
of flesh than when confined exclusively
to corn. OF all the cultivated grasses
Gf we may except lucerne) there is
none that will produce as much food,
and of kind more relished by hogs,
than clover. But as clover does not
come forward very early in the spring,
and is more or less liable to suffer
from drought, it is better to supple
ment it by having a permanent lot or
two of grass that is less subject to
these drawbacks. For this purpose
there is nothing to equal lucerne in its
capacity to stand dry weather. The
next best thing to it is orchard-grass,
as it starts very early in the spring,
bears continuous grazing, stands drouth
well, and grows till late in the fall,
slight frosts not injuring it in the least.
1t is highly necessary, too, that pas
ture for such animals should contain
running water to supply them with
fresh water at all times. If not, it
should be furnished from a pump or
well in troughs or pipes leading to the
same. And as hogs are so liable to
suffer from heat in summer, it is of
great importance that they should be
furnished with shade, whether from
spreading trees or thicket of bushes
Indeed, it is cruel to confine hogs to a
pasture in which there is no shade,
either natural or artificial, and there
fore the more necessary, in the absence
of the former, that the latter be sup
piled by making them temporary
shelter of some kind, of which there
are none more cheaply or conveniently
made than of poles covered with straw.
But while clover or other grass is the
main dependence for hogs in summer,
there is another crop not sufficiently
appreciated by the generality of farm
ers, and that is pumpkins. They are
very easily raised, and hogs not only
thrive on them wonderfully, but they
can be fed on them from the LIST of Oc-
tober until late in the winter, provided
there is cellar or other suitable place
in which to stow them away.-Boli-
more San.
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Whitewasll.

Stake one-half bushel of nice un-
slaked lime with boiling water, cover
ing it during the process to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquid through a
fine sieve; add to it peck of salt pre-
viously dissolved in warm water, three
pounds of ground rice boiled to thin
paste, one-half pound of powdered
Spanish whiting, and one pound of
clean glue, which has been previously
dissolved by soaking it well and then
placing it over the fire in a large vessel
or jacket-kettle filled with water. Add
five gallons of hot water to the mixture,
stir it we'll and let it stand for few
days covered from the dust. 1t should
be put on hot, and for this purpose it
may be kept on portable furnace. A
pint of this mixture, if properly mixed 3,
will cover square yard of surface.
Coloring matter may be added, if de-
sired; any color except green, which
will not mix kindly with lime. This is
the whitewash used on the Capitol at
Washington. -ETchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22

ing for oil, tooth gone in the rake,
etc., it would seem that from lack of
care or gumption they were not fit to
run wheelbarrow. One moving
machine agent told us that he once
&c set up" a machine for man and left
it in good working order, but in few
days was called upon to look at the
machine, as it was "imperfect and
would not work" He found one of
the principal bearings worn out, show
ing no appearance of having been oiled.
In reply to the question whether he
had oiled the bearing, the farmer
said: emo, l did not know as it
needed it. 1 supposed l oiled all the
places you told me to-" We know a
person who borrowed wheelbarrow of
a neighbor, and when it was returned
one box was cut out with dirt, and of
course spoiled. When the boy who re-
turned it was asked if his father oiled it
while he had it, he said: emo, guess
not" Now what can be done with
such people? 1t would seem as if
writing about it would be of little avail
if they lack the mechanical ingenuity
to discover and remedy such needs in
machinery, and still less if the failure
comes from lack of care to remedy them
when discovered. 1t must begin with
the boys, who should be educated first
to care that the implements of their
trade are in good repair, and next to
learn how to keep them so. The tight
ening up of the bolts on the wagons,
horse-rake, tedder and mowing-ma-
chine, and keeping wearing bearings
well oiled and the plows and cultivators
clear of rust, will add to the durability
of the implements, and so save buying
new ones so often, besides doing better
work with less wear and tear to
the team. Perhaps some farmer has
thoughtlessly let these things go. If
so, try the simple things of tightening up
the nuts on the bolts when they are
loose, be a little more careful to
oil up the mowing-machine and rake
and tedder, and see how much better
results you will get.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22

TAILoRs are spoken of as persons
who take measures to increase their
business.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
AGRICULTURAL.
Dressed POultry---The New Massa-
chusetts Law.

The law passed by the legislature of
Massachusetts, now in session will be
of interest to Vermont poultry -raisers
and shippers. Although parties ship
ping poultry from this state to Massa-
chusetts not dressed in compliance
with the new law would be beyond the
Jurisdiction of that commonwealth,
and therefore not liable to the fine i'm
posed, nevertheless they would suffer
loss by not sending poultry so dressed.
The law reads as follows:
SECTION mo poultry, except it be alive,
shall be sold, or exposed for SALE until it
has been properly dressed by the removal
of the crop and entrails when containing
food.
SECTION 2-whoever knowingly sells, or
exposes for sale, poultry contrary to section
/ of this act shall be punished by fine of
not less than five nor more than fifty dol
lars for each offence The boards of health
in the several cities and towns shall cause
the provisions of this act to be enforced in
their respective cities and towns.
SECTION 3-This act shall take effect upon
its passage. Chapter go of the acts of the
year 1883 is hereby repealed.
The chapter repealed in the third
section of the new act is that part of
the old law prescribing the manner of
dressing and the penalties for non
compliance with the same.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22
To Increase the Corn Crop.

Work it thoroughly, early and late in
the season. The smoothing harrow
should be run as soon as the corn is
up, and later the cultivator should be
kept constantly going, even until the
corn is as high as the horses head.
This loosening of the soil admits the
air and dew to the earth about the
roots and also promotes the capillary
movement of the water in the soil, so
that the plant is more thoroughly fed.
The drier the season, the more is the
crop benefited by being worked; the
thinner the soil, the more should the
crop be worked and the weedier the
ground, the greater the need of keep
ing the harrow constantly going.
Every weed that grows in the corn-ield
takes one or more grains from each ear
near it. / am certain that often corn
crop may be increased fourth, a
third, or even half, by careful and
prolonged cultivation.-An amateur,
IN Homestead.
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Hens and Pullets.

The following observations from the
Game Fdnciers' Gazette will be found
of interest to the breeders of improved
poultry stock: " Pullets will generally
lay more eggs than hens, hence the very
frequent advice to kill off old hens each
year and keep only the pullets is fol-
lowed to great extent. The advice is
no doubt very valuable to those who in
tend to raise and market hens only
A two-year-old men or a three-year-
old hen will probably lay a smaller num-
Der of eggs, but it is very doubtful if
she produces less weight of eggs.
Each egg will be larger than those laid
by her in the first season, but the small
ness of the number will be Offset by the
greater size. These larger eggs are
more suitable for Matching. The hen
is fully matured-she is in robust health
she has her full strength, and the chicks
from her eggs will inherit from her
these characteristics. There being in
the egg II greater quantity of white, out
of which the chick is formed, and also
larger amount of yolk, upon which
its life in the shell is supported, the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-22

chick will be larger when Matched and
possess more vitality, and its chances
of surviving the ills of chickenhood
will be correspondingly brighter. To
insure a good growth there is nothing
like having good start The increased
vigor and size at the start will follow
the chick all through its course, and
the matured fowl will be larger and
stronger therefor. 1t is the practice
of well-known breeder of light
Brahmas to keep over year after year
his strong, robust hens. So long as
they lay eggs enough TO produce a good
brood of chicks they are considered
worthy of preservation. This breeders
strain of light Brahmas is noted for its
great size, and while it may well be
doubted if it would be generally profit
able to keep hens until they are five or
six years old, it would be profitable
to follow his example to the ex-
tent of breeding from only matured
hens. 1t is not to be denied that pull
lets often prove fine breeders, especially
when they are Matched early the pre-
vious year, but probably these same
pullets would prove still better breeders
if used for that purpose the following
year. 1t is reasonable to expect that
such would be the fact, and the observa-
ton and experience of poultry-breeders
generally will tend to prove that such
is the fact. The wise breeder will
not kill off all his old hens, but will re-
tain the best of them for his choicest
breeders, using his finest pullets for
laying stock and reserving them for
breeders when they are two and three
years old. He will practice what he
breaches, and his text will be: Pull
lets for layers, old hens for breeders,
and strong chicks as the natural out
come -